Selling off the Twilight Years: The Transfer of Birmingham’s Homes for Older People

'I'm not going to sit back, we're not cattle, we're not going to be herded about. They could give us the courtesy of treating us like human beings. Just because we have complications doesn't mean our brains don't work. I have said this at meetings with Social Services, I have said, 'Please give us the courtesy of treating us like human beings.' Cath Gibbon, resident of Greenlands Care Home